Inspiration

When Real Simple editor-in-chief Kristin van Ogtrop admitted she found money boring in her September editor’s note—we were tickled. Booya for being honest! Then we called her to get the real (simple) deal on how she maintains her financial...

Americans spent $52 billion on Black Friday weekend in 2011. How will you earn your portion of this spending-frenzied time of year? Angela Keller, Italian glass bead artisan and founder of Dolce Beada does about 40% of revenue in the holiday...

You’ve heard about the attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya yesterday. The U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three staff members, were killed. That the violence happened on 9/11 casts a deeper shadow over these terrible...

Amanda Steinberg is the founder of DailyWorth. At the time of the 9/11 attacks, she lived four blocks from the World Trade Center. Running down the street on that warm September morning, I experienced what few Americans have: explosion,...

Imagine that you’re an executive, and you learn that a guy who’s a rung or two lower is earning more. You’re pissed. If your goal is to get a raise for yourself, don’t complain to your boss that it’s unfair, says Hanna Rosin, author of “The End...

For most of my life, I didn’t have to take my image too seriously. My hippie-jock self found comfort in ponytails and flip-flops. And that was fine while I worked as a programmer who lived behind a computer. But my company, DailyWorth, is...

Welcome to Wednesday, and everything you need to know, outside of the Republican and Democratic National Infomer—er, Conventions. Homes, sweet homes. It could be the first rosy glimmer of light at the end of this stupid downturn: housing prices...